We ignore climate change facts ‘at our peril’

Huntsville Forester

Oil and gas companies have, over the past few years, poured hundreds of millions of dollars into a campaign to deny the dangers of climate change, suggesting the science uncertain. They have operated through PR companies and groups that like to flourish the word, ‘science’ in their titles. James Hoggan describes this campaign in Climate Cover-Up (2009).
Climate scientists, that is, those with expertise in climate studies, are virtually unanimous in saying, 1) that climate change is happening, 2) that the present, swift changes are caused largely by the greenhouse gases generated by our use of fossil fuels, and 3) that the changes now underway are dangerous for humans and for all life.
We ignore or deny the insights of these scientists at our peril.